US 11,918,060 B2
Blower for air-conditioned garment and air-conditioned garment
Masakazu Matsui, Kadoma (JP)
Assigned to KABUSHIKI KAISHA ACB, Osaka (JP)
Appl. No. 17/279,678
Filed by Kabushiki Kaisha ACB, Kadoma (JP)
PCT Filed Sep. 23, 2019, PCT No. PCT/JP2019/037154
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 25, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/080042, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 23, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2018-196155 (JP), filed on Oct. 17, 2018; and application No. 2019-071854 (JP), filed on Apr. 4, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0392962 A1, Dec. 23, 2021
Int. Cl. F04D 25/08 (2006.01); A41D 13/002 (2006.01); F04D 25/06 (2006.01); F04D 29/60 (2006.01)
CPC A41D 13/0025 (2013.01) [F04D 25/0673 (2013.01); F04D 25/084 (2013.01); F04D 29/601 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A blower for an air-conditioned garment, the blower comprising:
a main body part including:
a fan; and
a motor that drives the fan; and
a rear frame that is engaged with the main body part, the blower being installable on the air-conditioned garment by separable engagement of the main body part and the rear frame, wherein:
the main body part includes:
a power supply unit that supplies power to the motor;
a control unit that controls driving of the motor; and
an operation input unit that inputs a signal to the control unit in accordance with operation of a user;
the power supply unit being formed such that a distance between the power supply unit and a rotation shaft of the fan in a direction orthogonally intersecting the rotation shaft of the fan is longer than an outer diameter of the fan, the power supply unit being adjacent to an outer periphery of the fan at a longitudinal side of the power supply unit, wherein the power supply unit comprises a plurality of power supply units, the power supply units being unevenly distributed on a lower side adjacent the outer periphery of the fan; and
the main body part and the rear frame are formed so as to sandwich the air-conditioned garment between the main body part and the rear frame.